Your Safer Neighbourhoods Team
Your Safer Neighbourhoods Team is a group of Met police officers dedicated to serving your community. The team is made up of officers based in your area (or 'ward'), supported by additional officers from the wider area.
We work closely with local authorities, community leaders and residents to decide our policing priorities for the area. This helps us to find useful, long-term solutions to local problems, while maintaining our wider focus on reducing crime across London.
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Crimes and priorities
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Priority:
Action taken:
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Priority:
To reduce drug dealing activity within Rylston Road, Kilmaine Road, Rowallan Road and environs.
Action taken:
Specific: Conduct targeted operations to disrupt and reduce visible drug dealing activity at identified hotspots within Munster ward. Engage local residents in reporting suspicious activity.
Measurable: Increase in visible police patrols around identified hotspots. Increase stop and search positive action for drug offences in the ward.
Achievable: Deploy dedicated ward officers, supported by plain clothes officer. Use intelligence-led policing and community input. Conduct regular patrols, and hold monthly review meetings to assess progress.
Relevant: Reducing drug dealing improves community safety, addresses resident concerns, disrupts criminal networks, and supports wider Metropolitan Police Service objectives on drug harm and violence reduction.
Time-bound: Implement over a 3-month period, with a formal review and evaluation from Ward Panel members at the next Ward Panel meeting.
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Priority:
To reduce speeding by motorists in Munster on key routes: Lillie Road, Dawes Road.
Action taken:
Specific: Address community concerns regarding excessive vehicle speeds on key roads by increasing police enforcement and visibility.
Measurable: Aim to reduce reports of speeding within the locality and take enforcement action where necessary.
Achievable: Implement a mix of high visibility patrols and targeted speed enforcement operations working in partnership with the local authority.
Relevant: Speeding has been consistently raised by residents during ward panel meetings and directly impact community safety and quality of life, especially for vulnerable road users and pedestrians.
Time-bound: Implement over a 3-month period, with a formal review and evaluation from Ward Panel members at the next Ward Panel meeting.
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Priority:
To reduce residential burglaries within the ward of Munster.
Action taken:
Specific: Address community concerns regarding residential burglaries by increasing police visibility, conducting crime prevention visits, and promoting target hardening measures.
Measurable: Aim to reduce the number of reported residential burglaries and increase community engagement through crime prevention advice and patrols.
Achievable: Deliver a combination of high-visibility reassurance patrols, proactive offender management, and partnership work with the local authority and housing providers.
Relevant: Residential burglary historically rise during the months prior to the festive period and is highlighted as a key concern by residents during ward panel meetings, impacting feelings of safety and security within the community.
Time-bound: Implement over a 3-month period, with progress reviewed and evaluated at the next Ward Panel meeting.